Mansions

Image by Glynnis Ritchie via flickr For many book lovers, there is nothing more exciting than the idea of a home library. What most of the city’s book lovers don’t know is that until recently, there was an affordable way to fulfill the dream of a home library—at least for book lovers who also happened … Continue reading »

In 1910, an attorney named Albert Barnes Boardman bought close to 10 acres in downtown Southampton, N.Y., and spent $250,000 (approximately $30 million today) to build a 24-room, four-story mansion modeled after the Villa Medici in Rome. There were formal gardens, fountains, sprawling lawns, a tennis court, and a gatehouse. The original house, modeled after the Villa Medici in Rome. Source: … Continue reading »

Published: 15:05 EST, 28 June 2016 | Updated: 16:37 EST, 28 June 2016 With one last check for $2.5million last week, Bill Gates completed the land puzzle he’s been assembling in the small Florida village of Wellington. The richest man in the world is now the proud owner of an entire street in the exclusive … Continue reading »

realtor.com Here’s a secret worth shouting about! Pennsylvania’s most expensive property, listed for $25 million, is a relative bargain, according to listing agent Janet Rubino. The posh Philadelphia-area address has been on the market since 2014, and it’s at the top end of the upscale Mainline neighborhood, Rubino admits. She’s been marketing it internationally, hoping others … Continue reading »

Daily News Real Estate Writer Before she erected Mar-a-Lago, her grand Palm Beach mansion, the late cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post enjoyed life in a different Mediterranean-style home she built in 1921 with her husband at the time, financier EF Hutton. That landmarked house at 17 Golfview Road has changed hands for $8.95 million, according … Continue reading »

Theoretically, the country could be comprised of 180 small kingdoms of 30,000 people, each with its own castle or chateau. Unfortunately, because of a lack of maintenance, there are just 120 castles with visible remains and even most of those are largely in ruins. For visitors, there are luckily still dozens of castles to tour … Continue reading »

Cardiff council has said it is looking at the future of the city’s historic Mansion House – but has no plans to sell it. In papers published to the city council’s cabinet, it says advisors have been hired to undertake an “options appraisal” of the prime building. That review has cost £20,000 but city bosses … Continue reading »

Advertisement Construction will soon begin (again) on the Cliff Walk to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy and to make needed safety improvements. Newport’s most visited attraction was heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, $5.2 million was spent to restore the Cliff Walk between 2012 to 2014. While the Cliff Walk will remain open during construction, pedestrians … Continue reading »

There are plenty of historic houses in Maine. There’s the Montpelier estate in Thomaston, where Gen. Henry Knox lived. (He became the first secretary of war in President George Washington’s cabinet.) Today’s building is a replica built in 1929; the original was built in 1794. Located on Route 131 in Thomaston, Montpelier is the site of the … Continue reading »

Today I begin with news written in straight fashion. I’ve done the numbers. Over the past three decades, the city of San Jose has poured nearly $60 million into the Hayes Mansion hotel and conference center, the great white elephant in Edenvale that the council voted to sell earlier this month. The city won’t get … Continue reading »